I’ll jump straight in – for this probably won’t be a popular post – but I think that overall and considering how bad the country’s debts are, that was a fair budget. Is it right to freeze child allowance for three years? No, I don’t suppose it is. What about the VAT hike – well it will hit the poorest the hardest, no doubt. So there are some negatives in there, I accept.

But overall this was fair. ...